[tor-bugs] #33871 [Core Tor/sbws]: Scale exactly as torflow does?

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#33871: Scale exactly as torflow does?
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 Reporter:  juga                                 |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  sbws:
                                                 |  1.1.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/sbws                        |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  sbws-majority-blocker, sbws-roadmap  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #33775                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by arma):

 Agreed: it seems that anchoring the new number to the current consensus
 number doesn't let things grow.

 That said, this one is still a bit confusing/weird. How come Torflow's
 number can grow a lot but sbws's can't? Is it only because the underlying
 descriptor says a larger number? But that only happens if the relay gets
 actual traffic. And how does it do that when it has a tiny consensus
 weight? Which...oh, maybe it gets actual traffic *because* of the torflow
 tests. So by testing it, it becomes bigger, and then our ratio makes it
 become bigger still.

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